A Visual Comparison of the Issues Address at the Two Sessions Foreign Minister Press Briefing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Hi holding a press conference on the sidelines of the Two Sessions meetings in Beijing. Image via Xinhua.

Africa, the Korean peninsula, and multilateralism are no longer prominent themes in the Foreign Minister’s annual press briefing on the sidelines of the Two Sessions forum in Beijing. 

The Chinese state-run media outlet CGTN produced a visualization of the topics addressed by the Foreign Minister over the past five years at these briefings and it provides an interesting insight into Beijing’s broader foreign policy priorities.

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